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Mar 2, 2021 · On 2 September 1942, the target for the night was Karlsruhe. The city was not at the top of the list of bombing targets, but the fact that it was a transport hub for rail and road and was an important Rhine port made it an attractive and acceptable target.
200 British bombers attacked Karlsruhe, Germany, destroying many buildings and killing 73 civilians; 8 bombers were lost on this mission. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Karlsruhe, Baden | CPC]
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- Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg
- Wewelsburg Castle, Büren
- Fuhrerbunker, Berlin
- Berghof, Berchtesgaden
- Eagles Nest / Kehlsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden
- Dachau Concentration Camp
- Peenemunde Research Facility
- Hurtgenwald
- Königplatz, Munich
- Feldhernhalle, Munich
Hitler described Nuremberg as the ‘Heart of the Third Reich,’ so it makes sense that he would build the Nazis’ main rally ground around 11kms outside the city. Nuremberg is in Germany’s southwest, where Nazism grew from its modest beginnings to the party that took over the government. The rally grounds are situated on six square miles. They include...
Wewelsburg Castle had served as Heinrich Himmler’s home and the SS’s headquarters throughout the Nazis’ reign in Germany. Heinrich Himmler, an ardent occult practitioner, and believer, he filled the castle with symbols that showed his fascination with the supernatural realm. Significantly, its location is near what was then believed to be the site ...
A parking lot now sits where Adolf Hitler’s Reich Chancellery once stood, in the center of Berlin. It is long gone thanks to Soviet troops liberating Berlin marking the end of World War II in Europe. But another infamous structure stood at this spot as well. There are no signs or commemorative placards of the building as many people have chosen to ...
Hitler had always been attracted to the Obersaltzberg, the mountain overlooking Berchtesgaden. In the 1920s, he had rented a house there and in the 1930s he bought Haus Wachenfeld. This was rebuild into the Berghof in which he spent a large part of the war. Being close to Hitler was very important for the Nazi Party chiefs, and they moved into this...
The Kehlsteinhaus or Eagles Nest as the allies called it, is situated on a ridge atop the Kehlstein mountain which towers above the town of Berchtesgaden. It was commissioned by Martin Bormann in the summer of 1937 as a 50th birthday gift for Adolf Hitler and was paid for by the Nazi Party. It was completed in just 13 months and an approach road ha...
The infamous Nazi concentration camp in Dachau is found in the northeastern part of the town, and it has become an important tourist destination. Immediately after successfully taking control of the reigns of the county in 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered to open the camp in Dachau. Dachau camp was the very first concentration camp in Europe and became a...
The Peenemünde Military Test Site established in 138 and it became one of the most modern technological facilities in the world. Several German guided missiles and rockets of World War II were developed and the first launch of a V-2 missile into space took place here in October 1942. Engineers tested numerous flight objects equipped with revolution...
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was the longest battle on German ground that was fought during the second world war, it lasted from 19 September 1944 to 10 February 1945. The U.S. First army tried to push through the forest and secure two Rur dams which, if opened, could sweep away an Allied bridgehead further downstream. In 5 months of bitter fightin...
In the heart of Munchen lies a large square called the Königplatz, during the Third Reich it formed the administrative heart of the Nazi Party and mass rallies were held here. Located just off the Königplatz was the Brown House, where the National headquarters of the Nazi Party was located. On the east side of the Königplatz the Nazis erected two H...
Close to the Königplatz, on the Odeonsplatz in Munich, the Feldherrnhalle is located. In 1841 it was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to honor the tradition of his army. It was at the Feldherrnhalle, or Field Marshals Halls, that on the morning of November 9th, 1923, Adolf Hitler’s “Beer Hall Putsch” came to a bloody end. The Bavarian State...
Much of the central area, including the palace, was reduced to rubble by Allied bombing during World War II, but was rebuilt after the war. Located in the American zone of the postwar Allied occupation , Karlsruhe was home to an American military base, established in 1945.
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Oct 7, 2020 · A World War II shipwreck recently located off the coast of Poland may hold the dismantled pieces of the Amber Room, a Russian treasure looted by the Nazis and lost since 1945.
Oct 23, 2020 · On April 13, 1945, Soviet planes sank the German steamer Karlsruhe in the Baltic Sea, killing almost 1,000 people. Now, divers say they’ve found the wreck—which could hold remnants of the ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Karlsruhe features several museums (including those devoted to contemporary art, porcelain, and the combination of art with new media); other places of interest include a zoo, Wildpark Stadium, Schöneck Sports School, the mint, and the Pyramid in the marketplace (the town symbol). Pop. (2006 est.) 286,327.
